It may not look a whole lot different on film, but in person it's a lot more impressive.Also, I am amused by the fact that for all the work that's gone into the Chicago-St Louis corridor, Michigan still beat them to the 110 threshold.
It may not look a whole lot different on film, but in person it's a lot more impressive.
Also, I am amused by the fact that for all the work that's gone into the Chicago-St Louis corridor, Michigan still beat them to the 110 threshold.
Hmm, Detroit engagement at the end of this monthMaybe this hooks up
Hmm, Detroit engagement at the end of this month
Maybe this hooks up
>>83633I could kinda see it going by at quite a clip.
>>83633
I could kinda see it going by at quite a clip.
>>83631I thought geneshits were limited to 103 mph due to being lard-asses.
Needs more F59PHI and Talgo...
http://www.cracked.com/article_19673_6-insane-but-convincing-theories-childrens-pop-culture_p2.html?wa_user1=1&wa_user2=Movies+%26+TV&wa_user3=article&wa_user4=feature_module(Scroll Down)
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Isn't this old news for us?
>>83574Just a different source looking at it.
>>83574
Just a different source looking at it.
Never mentions the overt sexism of male engines' dominance over female coaches.Oh wait, its just a story for boys written in the 1950s when this was pretty much mainstream thought.
Never mentions the overt sexism of male engines' dominance over female coaches.
Oh wait, its just a story for boys written in the 1950s when this was pretty much mainstream thought.
Ah, but Sodor was a refuge from the wholesale scrapping of steam elsewhere in Britain. The locos are all Holocaust survivors, so it follows that they're a bit psychologically scarred .
And of course Sir Topham "Fat Controller" Hatt is some kind of Randian objectivist ubermensch.
I laughed at the whole Cracked.com article, but seriously I think of the whole thing as the same as Karl Rove going after the latest Chrysler tv ad "Half Time In America"..... and I do see myself as being Libertarian - to - Right wing... Well, enough of my politics.Enjoy the cartoon.
I laughed at the whole Cracked.com article, but seriously I think of the whole thing as the same as Karl Rove going after the latest Chrysler tv ad "Half Time In America".
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... and I do see myself as being Libertarian - to - Right wing... Well, enough of my politics.Enjoy the cartoon.
>>83635Thomas is the innocent; he arrived on Sodor first, and knows only the scantiest hearsay about the onslaught of diesels.Edward was old, and got to Sodor before the holocaust started--but he's wise enough to understand the rumors of the diesels, having nearly been replaced (albeit with newer steam) himself.Henry knows exactly what's going on, and note that he started out as temperamental and stubborn, like someone with survivor's guilt? It was only when fed Welsh coal (antidepressants) that he became useful, but he's still prone to episodes of questionable judgement and unhealthy social interaction.Gordon is haughty and proud; he got rescued by top-level string-pulliing, and he thinks he's more special than he really is--dare I say "the chosen?"James arrived disheveled, and went into full-blown denial about the horrors he escaped, becoming excessively vain and his bubble-world is most threatened when reminded of diesels (so he remains deeply prejudiced).Percy (the small engine) was too little to understand what happened, but his stunted growth, accidents, and general immaturity point to an orphaned young'un. He seeks friendship in inappropriate places (a helicopter???)Toby avoided annihilation by donning a nondescript disguise (the tram cowl looks vaguely like a diesel) and frequently changing location with numerous low-key jobs, keeping just out of scrutiny. Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>83635
What more can I say? We at CSXT have a serious problem here.But is the "cure" worse than the disease?
What more can I say? We at CSXT have a serious problem here.
But is the "cure" worse than the disease?
>>83584>mfw gary sease
>>83584
>mfw gary sease
>>83606Um, you realize his name is Gary Sinise, not Sease, right?
>>83607Eh, close enough.
>>83607
Eh, close enough.
Well... he always could play the part when "Mike Ward ---The Movie" comes out...Hammy loans the F40PH out for the production....Picture because Snail felt weird at this hour of the morning.
Well... he always could play the part when "Mike Ward ---The Movie" comes out...
Hammy loans the F40PH out for the production...
Picture because Snail felt weird at this hour of the morning.
>>83610Not enough porno 'stache.Also, moe APC ftw.
>>83610
Not enough porno 'stache.
Also, moe APC ftw.
>>83610>Well... he always could play the part when "Mike Ward ---The Movie" comes out...I always thought the guy who played Milton, the stapler-obsessed clerk in "Office Space" would be perfect for the part.
>Well... he always could play the part when "Mike Ward ---The Movie" comes out...
I always thought the guy who played Milton, the stapler-obsessed clerk in "Office Space" would be perfect for the part.
>>83616"I'm gonna need you to run those trains on that undermaintained line. Greeeeeat."
>>83616
"I'm gonna need you to run those trains on that undermaintained line. Greeeeeat."
>>83641Maybe a better protrayal could be done by Gary Cole...
>>83641
Maybe a better protrayal could be done by Gary Cole...
>>83642We're talking MIKE WARD here... how about a serious acting role for Ron Jeremy?
I uploaded sum sweet hi-defs. Some things to apologize for first: 1: I'm sorry about the focus. It was totally hand-focused, and I'm still getting used to that, and I've never used this lens for filming before. 2: I'm sorry I didn't show the whole train. I ran video until the locomotive was past the last tie of track.
It may be the Plywood Pacific, but a careful selection of rolling stock confirms that it's at least Canadian plywood!
>>83634The worst part is the plywood's Chinese, and it was the worst mistake I've made so far.Anyways, the moment I'm done laying track I'm straight on to scenery!
Delicious model CP.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-gloucestershire-16989160A train driver was injured when a green laser was shone into his eyes as he passed through Gloucester.The incident happened as the train went under a footbridge off Southfield Road in the White City area at about 21:30 GMT on Thursday.Police said two youths were seen on the bridge but nobody was found when officers searched the area.The spokesman said the driver was not only distracted but could have suffered serious damage to his eyes.He was treated by paramedics when the train, the 20:41 Bristol Temple Meads to Worcester Shrub Hill service, reached Gloucester.A British Transport Police spokesman said the driver was still in pain and awaiting the results of tests on his eyes, but was expected to make a full recovery.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-gloucestershire-16989160
A train driver was injured when a green laser was shone into his eyes as he passed through Gloucester.
The incident happened as the train went under a footbridge off Southfield Road in the White City area at about 21:30 GMT on Thursday.
Police said two youths were seen on the bridge but nobody was found when officers searched the area.
The spokesman said the driver was not only distracted but could have suffered serious damage to his eyes.
He was treated by paramedics when the train, the 20:41 Bristol Temple Meads to Worcester Shrub Hill service, reached Gloucester.
A British Transport Police spokesman said the driver was still in pain and awaiting the results of tests on his eyes, but was expected to make a full recovery.
Everyone saw this one coming HAMMY'S EUROPEAN VACATION
Everyone saw this one coming
HAMMY'S EUROPEAN VACATION
I don't have a green ticket punch. Hopefulley it was an ir filtered >5Mw unit. I know in the UK they ban anything above >1Mw but rhat dosen't stop all thoes Chinese lasers from coming in.
>>83596
>>83597HOLY BALLS, 5 MEGAWATT LASERS?!
>>83601No mega watt is MW. Mw is Milli watt 1/1,000 of a watt
>>83613Remember, folks: this is The Hamster. hen he says Mw he means mW. (Mill- is abbreviated with a lower case m; Watts are always abbreviated capital W)
>>83613Ham, do you even realize how many times I had to re-read that to make sure I wasn't just going insane?
>>83618 Yeah yeah I wrote that late at night Cornelius Vanderwreck is correct it is mW. What I have is one 300mW, 120mW, 1.2W the one in my video on youtube was probably 200mW
>>83620Do you realize I've detected a pattern to your errors? I just don't know what's causing the aberrant rhythm.
>>83621I do.
>>83621
I do.
Curious - Do any of the rest of you take seeing a train as a good omen? Like if you're just out driving around doing errands or whatever, and you happen to see a train during your travels? It usually perks my day up a bit, and I'd like to think it means good things will happen.Pic related, it's the same sort of train that I saw.
Curious - Do any of the rest of you take seeing a train as a good omen? Like if you're just out driving around doing errands or whatever, and you happen to see a train during your travels? It usually perks my day up a bit, and I'd like to think it means good things will happen.
Pic related, it's the same sort of train that I saw.
...available...anywhere...luck...o never mind...
>see this omen>wat do?
>>83470The only time I've considered a train a good omen is when I'm lost and seeking a landmark. But, uh, I really sleep better if I can hear a train, either rumbling nearby or a distant horn.And that pic made my desktop.
>>83470The only time I've considered a train a good omen is when I'm lost and seeking a landmark. But, uh, I really sleep better if I can hear a train, either rumbling nearby or a distant horn.
And that pic made my desktop.
>>83475lolJapan
>>83475
lolJapan
Omen, you say?
It depends on the train. If I see some MBTA garbage I don't care. But if I see any freight I start foaming.
I wouldn't conceder it a good omen, but hearing the horns of passing trains at night makes me happy :)
I have a lucky bus, if I see T1337, I know I'm gonna have a good day.
>>83504Ah Brisbane detected - well,plenty gas in Brisbaneor the entire bloody continent at that.
>>83623The most hilarious thing was 3 weeks back when one of the gas pods exploded on a saturday morning, and they had to ground all the gas buses, and they didn't know if they were going to get them back on the road for 2 days time when all the kids went back to school on Monday.
Auckland's electrification has begun!Christmas shutdowns are all finished for this year and now we have most of the 3km Onehunga branch done as well as about 1km of track around Swanson which is to be the westernmost station that will be electrified with diesel shuttles running further out to Waitakere and hopefully Huapai and Helensville.
Has there been any new stock ordered yet?
>>82796Yes, from Construcciones Y Auxillar de Ferrocarriles (otherwise known as CAF). Still in the design stage however.I'm sorry but i don't know that i will ever find a modern multiple unit interesting... all look the bloody same anyway. Guess its just another thing for all those Auckland foamers to bust a nut over.
>>82796
Yes, from Construcciones Y Auxillar de Ferrocarriles (otherwise known as CAF). Still in the design stage however.
I'm sorry but i don't know that i will ever find a modern multiple unit interesting... all look the bloody same anyway. Guess its just another thing for all those Auckland foamers to bust a nut over.
>>82797Exciting or dull as ditchwater, CAF are a reputable builder at least. Kind of a shame that the SAs will be ousted, Hutt and Hillside did a good job on them.
>>82797
Exciting or dull as ditchwater, CAF are a reputable builder at least. Kind of a shame that the SAs will be ousted, Hutt and Hillside did a good job on them.
>>82747 pretty cool But the crossbucks say "crossing railway" & that just doesn't look right to me The word railway should be ABOVE the word crossing I'd not mind having one of them crossbucks myself hehe
>>82800Aye; one instinctively begins reading at top-left. But it's the shape that's important; this (see pic) wlll do nicely.
>>82799Yes, Not a bad job at all. Will miss the roots-blown 645's being thrashed to hell with them too... IIRC they are going to keep some of what is running now but are worried it will slow the system down - yea right. that system even with all the work done still has a number of major bottlenecks, Newmarket probably being the best example.
>>82799
Yes, Not a bad job at all. Will miss the roots-blown 645's being thrashed to hell with them too...
IIRC they are going to keep some of what is running now but are worried it will slow the system down - yea right. that system even with all the work done still has a number of major bottlenecks, Newmarket probably being the best example.
>>82814Newmarket... that's a case of planning idiocy if ever there was one./rail, all trains travel to the north of this triangle. Some travel to the west, some to the south, and damn near all stop at Newmarket station- so every westbound has to cross right over the northern throat and the driver change ends. I know the curves are tight, but I still wonder why the station wasn't built on the triangle itself.
>>82814
Newmarket... that's a case of planning idiocy if ever there was one.
/rail, all trains travel to the north of this triangle. Some travel to the west, some to the south, and damn near all stop at Newmarket station- so every westbound has to cross right over the northern throat and the driver change ends. I know the curves are tight, but I still wonder why the station wasn't built on the triangle itself.
That moment when you're like, decades behind the electrification trends. Aukies.
Elec - triffic!
That weird feel when I like stainless talgo's more than modern aluminium/composite ones.
They're like the love child of Talgo and Amfleet.
Which is what Pat McGinnis had in mind.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssePwyDJ9yMSomething about watching steam trains in reverse intrigues me.
You gents may remember this picture, well today I was I was browsing my latest Railway Digest magazine, I saw that it had been published on page 8. I was a little proud.
>>83592
>>83593>noofnoof..photo creditmfw
>>83593
>noofnoof..photo credit
mfw
>>83595Noof, you did get credit for it right?
>>83595
Noof, you did get credit for it right?
>>83599It's somewhat fuzzy, but I'm sure the last two words are Noofy's name.
>>83599
It's somewhat fuzzy, but I'm sure the last two words are Noofy's name.
>>83592Isn't that the shot that wasn't good enough for RP.net?
Isn't that the shot that wasn't good enough for RP.net?
>>83602Yes me name is there given as credit the picture.>>83603And hellz yeah it was. which is why I had a chuckle when I saw it got published. Good enough for a mag with a 25'000+ circulation, good enough for me. Fuck RP.
>>83592Congrats! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYUs9aPiYQ0
Trespassing?
Uganda...COME AT ME BRO
>>83580Noooope. And pretty sure it isn't trespassing if the company hasn't existed for a good 15 years.
>>83580
Noooope. And pretty sure it isn't trespassing if the company hasn't existed for a good 15 years.
>>83583Not that I care, or anyone else would, but if someone owns it, and you don't, and you aint got permission, then it kinda is trespassing.
Lamco railway, Liberia.
http://www.derbysulzers.com/liberia.html A good account of working for Lamco in the 1980s.
>>83591American Geeps mixed with BR Class 08's??<<Also they had ex-BR DMUs from Scotland.
>>83591
American Geeps mixed with BR Class 08's??
<<Also they had ex-BR DMUs from Scotland.
>American GeepsEh, why not? Liberia was the closest thing Murrika had to an African colony.
>American Geeps
Eh, why not? Liberia was the closest thing Murrika had to an African colony.
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